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Glasgow Short Film Festival — A–Z of films

2018

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  • 1745
    Review preview for 1745

    Napier - who is surely going to step up from short films soon - tightly controls the mood.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    Two slave sisters flee their master in the Highlands of Scotland.
  • Angela
    Review preview for Angela

    As gentle and as enjoyable as a sunny afternoon in the park , but perhaps as ephemeral.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    A Cuban immigrant tries to find her place in New York City.
  • The Burden
    Review preview for The Burden

    Niki Lindroth von Bahr's film is once again a masterclass of model-making.

    Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
    The Burden is an animated and animal musical, enacted in a modern marketplace next to a large freeway.
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  • Death Of The Soundman
    Review preview for Death Of The Soundman

    An adept bit of film-making.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Two sound mixers are working hard on a film. But will anyone really pay attention to the sound of a film?
  • A Drowning Man
    Review preview for A Drowning Man

    Talent behind the camera is matched by talent in front.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    Alone and far from home, The Kid makes his way through a strange city looking for the means to get through his day.
  • Electric Faces
    Review preview for Electric Faces

    If he achieves all this on a small budget, it's about time someone gave him a bigger one to play with.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A young man plans to rob a banker, with the help of his unstable robot.
  • Gaze
    Review preview for Gaze

    Everything rests on Ansari - in gesture and step, in glance, in gaze.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    A woman witnesses an incident on the bus.
  • Hairat
    Review preview for Hairat

    Beshir is happy to retain the mystery of how this relationship has come to pass in favour of immersing us in the here and now of it.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    The nightly ritual between hyenas and the farmer who feeds them.
  • Harbour
    Review preview for Harbour

    An exercise in the minimal.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    Two industrial painters discover a dead body in the Rotterdam harbour.
  • Hot Winter: A Film By Dick Pierre
    Review preview for Hot Winter: A Film By Dick Pierre

    Hot Winter is perhaps a cheese course - too rich and full as a digestif, not portion enough to satisfy.

    Andrew Robertson · 3.5 out of 5
    One of the first films in American cinema to address climate change was also a hardcore porno, we are told.
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  • The King And I
    Review preview for The King And I

    An astonishing piece of cinema.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    A fly-on-the-wall view of Graham's life and home.
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  • Not Required Back
    Review preview for Not Required Back

    Peter Marsden's film is captivating, haunting - transporting.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    An abstract portrait of a redundant contractor and the declining Scottish Oil Industry.
  • Obair Là
    Review preview for Obair Là

    A brief and breezy film.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    An office worker endures another mundane day behind the desk until a co-worker gives him a challenge.
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  • Rubber Coated Steel
    Review preview for Rubber Coated Steel

    Minimal in form, devastating in impact, echoes and repurcussions left in its wake.

    Andrew Robertson · 5 out of 5
    May 2014: two unarmed Palestinian teens are killed by Israeli soldiers on the West Bank.
  • Salt And Sauce
    Review preview for Salt And Sauce

    Every time I have seen Salt & Sauce I was left with an overwhelming hunger for chips.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Stuck in a post high-school limbo, Tammy works long days in the family chip shop.
  • Stone
    Review preview for Stone

    This is a gem, a diamond because of its roughness.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    Stone is getting his hustle on, often and early.
  • Strange Says The Angel
    Review preview for Strange Says The Angel

    Shalimar Preuss has written, directed, something stunning.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    In this world threatened by contamination, what is Nina’s place?
  • Tony And The Bull
    Review preview for Tony And The Bull

    A documentary of the best kind.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    A small window into the private life of Tony and his companion/pet Scrunch - a fully-grown Highland bull.
  • The Train, The Forest
    Review preview for The Train, The Forest

    Resistant to easy classification, this could be called experimental animation.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    A train ride reveals strange incidents.
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  • World Of Tomorrow
    Review preview for World Of Tomorrow

    This is properly Science Fictional, capital S, capital F.

    Andrew Robertson · 5 out of 5
    A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of her distant future.
  • Your Father Was Born 100 Years Ago And So Was The Nakba
    Review preview for Your Father Was Born 100 Years Ago And So Was The Nakba

    Victor Breiss creates sound that has echoes, distortions, replacements.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    A Palestinian grandmother returns to her hometown through Google Maps Streetview.